Window screen and shade



Oct. 28 1924.

A. SADOWSKl WINDOW SCREEN AND SHADE Filed NO2. 125, 1922 Patented @et 28, 1924.

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WNINDW SCREEN AND SHADE.

Application filed November 13, 1922.

To ell whom t mmf concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY SADow-sxr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Girardville, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window Screens and Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window screens, having particular reference to a window screen which is automatically inserted in' place when the window is opened.

The invention has for a general object to provide a novel and simple window screen of this type, and further to make provision for the use of the usual type of spring roller shade when the window is open without obstructing the window opening.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is an interior face elevation showing a window having the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary face view showing a slightly modified construction.

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings the reference number 10 indicates a window frame of ordinary construction, having the usual sliding sashes of which the upper one is indicated at 11, and the lower one at 12. In providing my improved window screen I mount in the top of the frame opening a spring roller 14 which extends between the side members of the frame and is provided with the usual trunnions whereby it is mounte(4 on said side members, this roller being provided with the usual winding spring, (not shown).

To this roller 14 I attach the upper edge of a wire mesh screen 15 whose lower edge is attached to the top of the upper sash 11. It will be apparent then that when the sash 11 is lowered to open the window the screen 15 will Ibe automatically eXtended across the Serial No. 600,583.

window opening, and when the sash is raised the screen will wind on the roller.

rllo-'close the'spaoe left between the top member lOof the frame andthe roller 14, as the screen'15 unwinds from the latter, I provide a leaf in theform of a flat bar 18 hinged at oneside as at 19 to the said frame memberv 10 and which projects over the roller 14 and has its free edge supported thereby when the window is open. This lead 18 may project into the path of movement'of the sash 11 and Vbe swung upward by the latter, when closed, into a recess 20 in the underside'of the frame member 10.

I may provide the sash 11 with the usual sash cord, or I may omit the same and utilize the pull of theV roller lspring to assist in raising the sash. In the'latter event I provide a pawl 22 fixed to a pintle 23 rotatable in one of the side members of the frame, and adapted to engage ratchet serrations 24 in the side edge of the sash 11 to support the latter. The front end of the pintle 23 projects from the face of the frame and has a knob 25 thereon for turning purposes.

'Io provide for mounting the usual shade in a manner to leave the Screened opening unobstructed I fix on the sash a pair of brackets 27 which project inwardly toward the room or apartment and on these the roller 2S carrying the usual window shade 29 is mounted, the shade rollervthus being lowered when the sash 11- is lowered.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified construction designed to permit of the shade being projected upward above the sash and across the screened window opening, and spaced at a distance forwardly of ythe frame 10, so as not to interfere with ventilation.

According to this construction the sash 11 has fixed thereto a pair of brackets 27 which support in the usual manner the roller 28 carrying the shade 29. These brackets 27 have upward extensions 27a t0 which are pivoted as at 34 a pair of arms 35, which normally hang downward. Extending between the free ends of these arms, and suitably pivotally attached thereto, is a roller 36 which passes between the shade 29 and the frame 10. The arms 35 are provided with taiLpieces 35 carrying bolts 37 and these bolts are adapted to engage in apertures such as 38 in the arm extensions 35 to hold the arms 35 inV upwardly extende position. The roller 36 may thus be supported at a distance above the top of the sash ll, the shade 29 then passing upwardly over the said roller, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and so projecting across the window opening lett above sash 11.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent ot the United States is as follows:-

l. ln combination, a window frame, a sash slidable therein, a shade roller carried by said sash, a shade attached Ito said roller, a second roller carried by said sash and normally positioned below said irst roller and between the shade and the window frame, and means Jfor swinging said second roller upwardly to a posit-ion above said irst roller and with said shade passing upward from said first roller over' said second rollerqv to depend downward from the latter.

2. In combination, a window trame, a sash slidable therein, a shade roller carried by said sash, a shade attached t0 said roller, a second roller carried by said sash and normally positioned below said first roller and between the shade and the window frame, and means for swinging said second i roller mounted on their tree ends.

3. lin a combination, a window trame, a sash slidable therein, a shade roller carried by said sash, a shade attached to said roller, a second roller carried by said sash and normally positioned below said iirst roller and between the shade and the window trame, and mea-ns tor swinging said second roller upwardly to a position above said irst roller and with said shade passing upward from said tirst roller over said second roller todepend downward from the latter, comprising a pair of hinged arms having said roller mounted on their tree ends, brackets on which said tlrst roller and arms are mounted, and locking bolts carried by said arms and adapted to engage in apertures in said brackets to hold said arms in raised position.

lin testimony whereof l have affixed my signature.

ANTHONY SADOWSKL 

